Eine Nachricht: 'worum' and 'darum', genitive prepositions
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the compounds ‘darum’ and ‘worum’ and understand prepositions with the genitive in the context of sharing messages.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Some verbs are followed by the preposition 'um' and the accusative case.
- The prefix 'wor-' can be added to 'um' to make a question, usually meaning 'what about' or 'around what'?
- The prefix 'dar-' can be added to 'um' to mean 'about it' or 'around it'.
- 'Darum' can also be a conjunction meaning 'therefore' or 'that's why'.
- Prepositions 'trotz', 'statt', 'während' and 'wegen' are followed by the genitive. Masculine and neuter nouns gain 's'.
Keywords
Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Da-, dar- - prefix added to prepositions to avoid repetition of the noun
Wo-, wor- - prefix added to prepositions to form questions
Genitive - case used to indicate possession and after certain prepositions
Common misconception
'Darum' is a da-compound and its meaning is always directly related to the preposition 'um'.
'Darum' can be used as a da-compund, meaning 'around it' or 'about it' but it is also a conjunction meaning 'therefore' or 'that's why'.
Teacher tip
Encourage students to read their dialogues from Task B1b aloud. All the grammar structures in this lesson, with the exception of 'gehen um', are Higher Tier only, so teachers of Foundation-only classes might choose to cover the vocabulary in this lesson in a different way.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
geography
biology
athletics
library
impression
area, region
Q2.Match the infinitive to the preposition which can follow it.
auf
an
um
für
vor
Q3.Match the German and English.
the biggest
the highest
the most
the next, nearest
the best
Q4.To form a wo-compond or a da-compound, add 'wo' or 'da' to ...
Q5.Which are the dative definite articles?
Q6.Which German preposition can mean 'around' or 'about'?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
to ask for, request
to be about
to care, worry about
to be about, revolve around
Q2.'Mia hat heute Basketball gespielt. Darum geht es in ihrer E-Mail.' Is 'darum' a da-compound or a conjunction here?
Q3.Match the sentence halves.
es in dem Buch?
darum.
Hilfe.
darum, dass die Kosten steigen.
spielt er noch nicht.
Q4.Match the German and English.
in spite of
instead of
during
because of
Q5.Which of these definite articles are all in the genitive case?
Q6.Translate the following into German: 'during the film'.
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